Comprehensive Description
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Waldsteinia lobata (Baldw.) T. &. G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 426. .1840
Dalibarda lobata Baldw.; EH. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 571. 1821.
Perennial, with a long horizontal rootstock; leaves basal; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long, finely hirsute; leaf-blades reniform or suborbicular in outline, 2.5-6 cm. in diameter, cordate at the 399
base, hirsute on both sides, 3-5-lobed, irregularly crenate with mucronate teeth; scape slender, hirsute, simple or corymbosely branched ; hypanthium obconic, 3 mm. high, sparingly hirsute ; sepals triangular-lanceolate, acute, 3-3.5 mm. long; petals elliptic, about equaling the sepals; achenes usually 1 or 2, densely pubescent.
Type locality: Hills on the east side of Flint River, Georgia, near the Creek Agency. Distribution : River banks, from southwestern Georgia to North Carolina.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1913. ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Waldsteinia lobata: Brief Summary
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Waldsteinia lobata, the piedmont barren strawberry, is a low-lying perennial herb with evergreen leaves that turn burgundy red in fall. The flower is yellow and the fruit is brown and dry.
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